Vending-machine or the like.



L. M. LEVINE.

VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. 1914.

1,171,616. Patented Feb.15,1916

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Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE;

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, 1914. 1,171,616.

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VENDING MACHINE OR THELlKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5,1914.

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VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5, 1914.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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L. M. LEVINE.

VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

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VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

Patented Feb. 15,191

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L. M. LEVINE.

VENDING MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT 5 I914 Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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WM) M ITOR/VEYS LIONEL LEVINE, OF NEW YORK, 'NZ'Y.

VENDING-MACHINE on THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Feb, 15,1916,

Application filed October 5, 1914. Serial No. 865,191. I

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, LIONEL M. LEVINE, a citizen of the United States,and'residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vendingvlachines or the like,of which the following is a full and clearspecification.

This invention relates to machines for delivering one or more articlesat a time from a storage chamber or source of supply.

As an exemplification of my invention, the drawings show a vendingmachine for tickets or the like which are preferably connected togetherto form a web or tape.

The primary object of the invention as eX- emplified in a ticket vendingmachme, is to provide in a machine of this character, improved means forfeeding, detaching, and delivering a predetermined number of tickets ateachoperation of th machine.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide improvedmeansfor making the ticket feeding, detaching and delivering meansdirectly subject to suitable check handling mechanism while at thesametime making the check handling apparatus di rectly subject toconditions in the feeding, detaching and delivering mechanism.

Various features of control and operation will be referred to in themain body of the specification and be pointed out in the appendedclainis, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of ticket vending machine embodying theprinciples of the present invention; Fig; 2 is a side elevation of thesame; parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken onthe line lll lll of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig.4 is a partial.

side elevation looking at the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 2; F5is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side elevationsimilar to Fig; 4:, showing the parts displayed by the operation of themachine; Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective view showing a portion of theticket guide and the eed rollers in their relations thereto; Fig. 8 is adetailed perspective view of the spring trigger arm shown in Fig. 6;Fig.9 1s a sectional view on the line IXIX of Fig. 3 looking in thedirection of the arrows Fig.- 10 is a section on the line XX of Fig. 1,showing the ticket feeding mechanism in plan'view,

parts being broken away and parts shown in section; Fig. 11 is asectional view on the line-XIXI of Fig. 10 looking in the direction ofthe arrows, parts being broken awa Fig. 12 is a sectional view on theline XII-XII of Fig. 10, looking in the direction of the arrows, partsbeing broken away;

Fig. '13 is a sectional view on the line XIIIXIII of Fig. 10, looking inthe di-' rection of the arrows; Fig. 14: isa fragmentary detailedelevation looking at the rear of the check chute; Fig. 15 is a partialside elevation on the line XV-XV of Fig. '3, looking in the direction ofthe arrow; Fig. 16 is. a detailed section on the .line XVI.XVI of Fig.15; Fi 17 is a detail in perspective ofpart of theres'et locking device;Fig. 18 is a detailed perspective view showing one of the members of theticket feeding mechanism; Fig. 19 is a detailed perspective view showingthe feeler finger and its connecting mechanism; Fig. 20 is a fragmentarysection showing portions -of the ticket guide and chute, parts beingbroken away and parts shown ins'ection; Fig. 21 is a fragmentary planview of one end of the ticket web.

The drawings represent an adaptation of 7 my invention to a ticketvending machine comprising in general a supply of tickets in a Web,1neans for feeding said web andfor detaching the tickets from the weband depositing them in a chute which delivers the same to the buyer acheck controlled apparatus for operating the ticket-feeding anddetaching means, and various other devices connected with and relatedtothe cooperation of these mechanisms. For the'sake of convenience, themachine as .a whole will be described as far as possible in the ordemechanism, however, being referred to only 1n a general way as suchmechanism constitutes the subject matterof my co-pending application,Serial Number 865192. Thus in Fig. 2is shown a hopper 1. forthe'reception a section 5 of the chute which conveys the check or 00111to a hard, metallicblock or pad 6 against which it strikes on edge underthe. momentum of its fall and rebounds. Said r as of operation of itsparts, the check-handling block 6 is adjustably mounted by set screws 7passing through slots 8 in guides which are rigidly secured to thesection in the chute. Said section 5 is connected by a bend 10 with thesection 11 of the chute which is provided with an upwardly deflectedshield. plate 12 to intercept the check or coin which rebounds from theelastic block 6.

Arranged adjacent the upper. wall of the section 11 of the chute is amagnet 13 for the purpose of retarding the movement of articles likeiron slugs, the purpose being to sufficiently arrest the momentum. ofthe same so that its impact against the impact gate, to be presentlydescribed, will not be sulfcient to operate said gater As shown in Fig.2, the section 11 of the chute is provided with a pair of forwardlyextending ears or lugs 14 within'which is journaled a pintle 15, thefront wall of the chute at this point-beingprovided with an opening asdescribed in my co-pending application re ferred to above. Mounted onthe pintle 15 is a gate or shutter 19 which is adapted by theoscillation of the pintle 15 to be moved into and out of position toeject the coin or check from section 11 ofthe chute to prevent anoperation of the machine in the manner pointed outin said application.Rigidly secured to the pintle 15 is a lever 20 on the rear arm of whichis suspended a weight 21. The forward arm of said lever is pivotallyconnected at 22 to a connecting rod 23 which as shown in Fig. 2 is inturn pivotally connected at 24 with one arm of a lever 25 pivotallymounted at 26. The gate or shutter 19 is returned to normal position bythe lever 25 which is pivotally connected at 27 to the upper end of aconnecting rod 28, the lower end of said rod being connected at 29 to alever 30 provided with a pivot 31 by means of which it is fulcrumed insuitable bearings (not shown on the drawings). On the inner end of thelever 30 is a scale pan 82 which is disposed in the path ofa fallingcheck or coin which has been excluc ed from the wheel, thus adapting thesystem of lovers just desc ibed to return the gate 19 to normal positionafter it has been operated by an incorrect check or coin. A yoke 33 (seFigs. 2 and 14) is'pivoted at-34 and provided with an upwardly presentedplate 35 which is adapted to be struck by a coin or check as it dropsthrough thesection 11 of the chute. A weight arm 36 is ri idly se curedto the yoke 33, said arm 36 having a weight 38 suspended from itsforwardend as shown in Fig. 2. Yoke 33 is also provided with a slottedlug 89 (see Fig. 14) for the reception of the upper end of a connectinglink 40, the lower end of said link being con nected at 41 with one arm42 ofan angle lever pivoted at 43 and provided with a detent 44'forengaging a lug 45 on the upper arm of the lever 25. After each reset ofthe tion of weight 38. Furthermore, it will be seen that when a check orcoin descends through the section 11 of the chute, its impact againstthe plate 35 will be suiiicient to lift the Weight 38, thus drawing thedetent 44 away from the lug 45 and permitting the gate 19 to assume aposition in which another check or coin-deposited Within the chutebefore the parts are returned to normal position, would be ejected fromsaid chute.

Referring now to Fig. 2, section 17 of the chute is connected at ananglewith the next section 49 of the chute which discharges a check orcoin which is correct in every Way into one of the slots in the wheel tobe presently referred to. Keyed to a shaft 54 (see Fig. 2) is anoperating lever 55, said shaft being ournaled at one end in the frame 56and at its other end in a pedestal 57 secured to the base plate 58 ofthe machine. journaled on the shaft 54 is a wheel 59 which is providedwith a plurality of radially disposed slots 60 arranged at suitableintervals to cooperate with a shield 62 mounted on the operating leverfor gripping checks or coins. in the normal working of the machine, acheck or coin descending tir h the section 49 of the chute, is depositedin one of the slots in thewheel 59, the shield 62 and lever 55 beingthen .inthe position shown in Fig. 2. hen lever 55 is forced downwardly,the shield 62 impinges on the protruding edge of the check or coin andthus imparts an angular movement to the wheel 59. 7

Referring now to Fig. 9, a pivotally mounted puller frame comprises thelateral bars ?2, an end bar 73, and a transverse rectangular frame 74,which rigidly connects the outer endsof the side bars 72; A pin 75 whichis carried by the end bar 73 serves as a pivot for the jointed ends of 1pair of clamping arms 76, a roller '71 being journaled upon the stud 77mounted in a lug 78, adjacent the outer end of one of said Each of saidclamplng clamping arms. arms is provided with a lateral extension 79provided with a portion 80 extending parallel to the portion 76 of theclamping arm. Threaded in each portion SOis a transverse screw 81 which.constitutes an adjustable abutment for limiting the movement andposition of a pressure-equalizing arm 82,,

which is provided with an outwardly defl cted lug 88 which abuts againsttheend of the screw 81. interposed between the arm 82 and the adjacentportion '76 of the clamping arm is a spring 84. Said arm is alsoprovided with another lug S5. Car-red by said lugs is a pin 86 uponwhich is jour- Freely frame, thus serving to clamp the ticket be tweenthe clamping .auns 76. Pivotally mounted on each of said brackets 88 isa plate or bar 90 provided with an arm 91 to which is attached one endof a spring 92, the other end of said spring being secured at 93 to apost 94 mounted on a projection95 of the partition wall 56. At the endof the downward movement of the puller frame, the rollers 87 arereleased by the'tracks 8 9 and fly outwardly againstthe plates or bars90, suitable mechanism being provided for this purpose as shown indetail in Fig. 16 of the drawings. .Thus each of the clamping arms 76has secured thereto a yoke 97, the arms of said yoke being inslidableengagement with the longitudinalbars 72 of the Threaded to each ofsaid'bars 2 is a screw 98, the head 99 of said screw being in engagementwith the bend in the yoke 97. Inter-posed between each of the bars 72and the outer end of the yoke 97 is a springlOO. During the downwardmoveient of the puller frame these springs exert puller frame.

107 to an arm 108 which is keyed to the shaftv 109. Also keyed to thesaid shaft 109 is lever arm 110 to which is pivoted at 111, one end of'avlink 112 which is provided with a slot 113. stud 114 which is carriedby the weight lever 65, slides in the slot 113, and.

permits the operating arm ,to be depressed without forcing the pullerframe down or oscillating the shaft 109 when there is no check or coinin the whee Hence the return movement of the weighted arm does not feedthe ticket web. By an inspection of Fig. 9 it will be seen that theouter ends of the arms 76 are provided with suitable brackets 115,within which are 'journaled suitable anti-friction rollers 116 which run74'. Similar rollers are suspended from the lower face of the clampingarms 76 which run on the lower'inember of said frame 74. The pullerframe may be suitably mounted by: arranging cross bars 117 between thepartition walls 56 and 56 as shown in Fig.

a constant tendency to separate'the clamp- 9, a pintle 118 beingprovided for ournaling said puller frame.

As shown best in Fig. 20, each of the clamping arms 76 is provided withan up wardly extending guard 119, said guards n V being denected awayfrom each other. On

the inner faces of said guard, are pads. 120

whiohare adapted to periodically engage the lowermost ticket of a web121 which is being fed downwardly through a guide 122. The shaft 109shown in Figs. 3, 4, 11, 12 and 13 extends through the partition walls56 and 56 having keyed thereto a large gear 123 shown best in Figs. 4and 5. Said gear 123 is in mesh with pinion 124 which is keyed to ashaft 125. Shaft 125 is journaled within the partition walls 56 and 56,and as shown in Fig. 4 journals a gear 126 which mesheswith a pinion 127on a feed roller shaft 128. An idler gear 129 is also in mesh with thegear 126, said idler being mounted on a shaft 130, thus serving totransmit power to a second pinion 131 keyed to the feed roller shaft132.

As shown best in Fig. 7, each of the feed roller shafts 128 and 132carries a feed roller" embodying an elongated hub portion 133 and arelatively short faced cylindrical por-. tion 134. Said cylindricalportions 134 cooperate to engage the opposite faces of the tickets tofeed them fronrany suitable storage place. For this purpose, guide 1221sprovided with apertures 135 of suficient size to permit the operation ofthe cylin drical portions 134 of the feed rollers'upon the web 121. ofmy invention, the web 121 is mounted in a roll on a drum 136 (see Figs.1 and 2), said drum being carried by a shaft 137 suitably mounted in theside walls 56 and 56'. As each ticket is separated from the web, itdrops into a chute, a fragmentary portion of which is shown in Fig. 20having its upper end 138 secured to the cross bar117,

its lower end terminating in a basin or receptacle 140, which projectsthrough the front wall 141 of the machine in suitable position to beaccessible to the purchaser. In the preferred embodiment, of myinvention, the feed roller'spindle 132 is journaled within the sidewalls 56 and 56. The spindle 128 on the other hand has one end journaledin a bearing142 (see Fig. 4),

carried by an arm 143 which swings about the axis of the shaft 125.

tended beyond said side wall and provided In the preferred embodimentwith a bolt 150, which extends through a hole in the lug 151 which isretained on the side wall 56. A. spring 152 is interposed between theblock 148 and the lug 151, the combined effect of the springs 1 15 and152 is therefore applied to force one of the feed rollers 1341 towardthe other. ferring now to Fi s. 11, 12 and 13, the spindle 128 has keyedthereto a ratchet 153 with which the dog 15% is adapted to engage underthe pressure of a leaf spring 155. The dog 15a is pivoted on a pin 156projecting inwardly from the side wall 56 and is provided with anupwardly extending arm 157 having a forwardly extending finger 158suitably disposed to be engaged by a cam 159 carried by a bar 160 whichis reciprocably mounted in bearings 161, said bar being provided with astop pin 162 for limiting its forward movement. The forward end of thebar is pivotally connected at 163 to the upper end'of a lever arm 164:.As shown in Fig. 3, said lever arm is pivoted at 165 to the extension onthe side wall 56. A connecting rod 166 has its forward end connected at167 to the lever arm 164, its rear end being connected at 168, to thedepending arm 169 of a bent lever which is pivoted at;170 on the sidewall 56. Said lever is provided with a forwardly extending. arm 171which. carries a depending pin 172, said pin being adapted to be engagedby one of the clamping arms on its return upward movement. The cen tralportion of said lever is provided with a contact plate 173 which issuitably disposed to be struck by the screw 174; carried by the nearerclamping arm. The function of this device just described is as follows:When the ticket pulling frame descends, the rollers 37 are released atthe lower end of their travel to permit the clamping arms to fly apartin the manner already referred to. It is then that the screw 17% isdriven against the plate 173, causing the lever arm 169 to be moved tothe right about its pivot 170. As a result the cam 159 is thrown to theleft as shown in Fig. 13, thus causing the dog 15% to be lifted out ofengagement with the ratchet 153 and leaving the feed rollers free to berotated during the return upward movement of the puller frame by meansof the mechanism, parts of which have been describechand parts of whichare to be described.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the shaft 125 projects outside of the wall 56and has keyed thereto a ratchet 260 which may be locked by a dog 261which is pivoted at 262 on the wall 56. A double bend rod 263 issuitably connected to the lever arm 16% to adapt it to move the dog 261into engagement with the ratchet 260 whenever said lever arm is movedinwardly by the sudden outward movement of the right hand clamping arm(see Fig. 3). At other times, the leaf spring 26 1 holds said dog awayfrom the ratchet 260. ft W111 be seen therefore that during the returnupward movement of the puller frame the feed rolls 134 which receivetheir movement from shaft 125, Wlll be held against retrograde movementbut adapted to impart a forward feed movement carries a pin; 176-uponwhich is journaled a 1 pawl 177, said pawl being adapted to engage aratchet 178 which is secured to the gear 126. The pintle 176 extendsthrough the other end with a cam arm 179 (see Figs. 10 and 11).Projecting inwardly from the side wall 56 is a lug 180 to which ispivoted arear arm 181 of a lever182,'said leverbeing provided with aforward arm 183. The.

rear arm 181 of said lever. is provided with a lug 18a, to which isattached one end of a spring 185, the rear end of said. spring beingsecured to a post 186 projecting from the.

side wall 56. A leaf spring 187 which is mounted on a post 183 bearsdown on the pawl 177, tending to retain said pawl in engagement with theratchet 178. A cam plate 189 which is rigidly mounted on the centralportion of the lever 182 is made of some such form as that shown in Fig. 12, 0., the upper end is deflected inwardly toward the shaft 125. Thestrength of the leaf spring 187 is such as to overcome the tension ofthe spring 185 sufli iently to retain a lever 182 as far forward aspossible. it will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 12 that asthe arm 175 is oscillated downwardly, the pawl 17 7 will be lifted outofengagement withthe. ratchet 178 as it goes forwardly will again becomeengaged therewith. It wi l be evident that the extent of the angularmovement during which pawl 177 is in engagethe cam plate 189 is nearerthe front or farther therefrom, inasmuch as the pawl 177 comes intoengagement with ratchet 178 relatively late when cam 189 is held againstforward movement by the ticket controlled finger 19 1. Suitable meansfor predetermining the" position of the cam plate 189 and therebyregulating the amount of feed iinparted to the web of tickets, areprovided as follows. Referring now to Figs. 12 and 19,

a lever arm 190 is pivoted on a pin 191 carried by a hanger 192 which isrigidly mount- Keyed to the shaft 198 is a yoke 199 which arries at itsrear end a pin 200. A caliper finger 201 is provided with asubstantially right angle bend which is pivotally connected at 202 withthe rear end of a connecting link 203, the forward end of said' linl:being pivotally connected at 201 with the lower end of said lever 197.-The shaft 198 extends beyond the side wall 56 andv as shown in Fig. 5,has secured thereto an'arm 205. A spring 208 which is secured at 207 tothe side wall 56, has its other end secured to the arm 205 and normallyretains it in upward position against a stop 20-8. The shaft 125 hassecured thereto a radial arm 209. 'As shown best in Figs. 6 and. 8, saidarm 209 has pivotally mountedthereon a roller arm 210, the oint at 211being suitably formed to prevent relative upward displace: ment of thearm 210.

A projection 212 carries an arcuate bar 213 which slidably engages thearm 209, be-

ing normally retained in the position shown in Fig. 8 by a spring 2141interposed between the arm 209 and the extension 212 The outer end ofthe arm 210 is bifurcated to mount a roller 215. \Vhene'ver the gear.124: is moved in a clockwise direction according to Fig. 0, the roller215 engages the outer end of the lever arm "205 and depresses it, i

the effect being to depress the yoke 199 (see Fig. 13) and tomomentarily move the finger along the web which is to be fed by the feedrolls 131. During the return movement of the arm 209, the spring 214:permits a downward relative movement of the arm 210 so that the roller215 is returned to its position above the arm 205 ready for the nextoperation. Referring more especially to Figs. 1,13 and 19, it will beunderstood that every time the arm 205 is forced downwardly, itoscillates the shaft 198 which 00- c'asions a downward movement oftheyoke 199. By reason of this movement, the gage finger 201 travelsdownwardly along the,

ticket web until it reaches the bottom'thereof when it immediately movesto the left about its pivot 200 see Fig. 13) and permits the spring 265which connects the lever arm 198 to a post 206, to pull said lever armto the right. This movement withdraws the finger 191 and permits aforward movement of the cam 198 which in turn permits the pawl 177 toengage'the ratchet .178. In consequencev the amount of. the feedingmovement imparted to the ticket web by rollers 13%, will correspondtoand be governed by theposltion of the lower edge of the next ticket tobe detached and delivered.

I Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 13, suitablemechani'sm for resettingthelever 20 1s provided. To reset the lever 20 to move the gate .10 intooperative pos1t1on shown 1n Fig. 2, a lever arm 216 is pivoted. at 217to the sidewall 56.. At the outer'end of said lever arm 216is mounted adepending pad 217 which is adapted to be engaged at certain intervals bya rod 218 which is reciprocably mounted in a bearing 219, carriedby theouterend of one arm 220 of a lever' which is pivoted at 221 and providedwith .a bent arm 222 which engages in a notch 223 in the upper end of alever arm 197 (see Fig. 13). By an inspection of Fig..;12, it will benoted that'the lever arm 222 is free to move forward independently ofthelever arm 197, thus permitting the lever 197- to return withoutbringing arm 222 with it. Suitable and eflicient means for returningthis lever to its former position, may be-provided by securing a rod 270(see Figs. 1 and said rod 270 being deflected to dispose it in aposition to be engaged by one of the puller arms 79 on its inwardmovement at'the end The rod 218 is provided of its up stroke. withstoppins 221, which limit its upward and downward movements. It will beunderstood from the description of the mechanism for rocking the arm197, that when said arm .moves inwardly, the rod 218 will be moved outof alinement with the depending pad 217 and vice versa, when said lever.197

moved into the path of the pad 217 so that the extension 79 of theclampingarm 76 will lift the rod 28 on its return upward movement andforce the upper arm 255 into 1' engagement with the lever 20. Referringnow to Fig. 13, should the tickets be exhausted from the machine, thefinger 226 which is carried by a lever 227 pivoted at 228, would bemoved forwardly by a spring 229 secured at one'end at 230 and having itsother end secured at 231 to the lever 227,

Pivotally connected at 232 to said lever is a. sonnecting link 233 whichhas its upper end. connected at. 234 to one arm235 of a lever which ispivoted at236 on the sidewall 56.

2) to the lever arm 220, the lower end of r is moved forwardly the rod218 will be The forward end 237 of said lever" carries spaced arms238as'shown in Figs. 17 and a pm 239 extending between said arms which iis adapted to engage the projection 223 on the upper end of lever arm197. It will be seen therefore that whenever the finger 226 movesforwardly, the pin 239 will drop.

into position to lock the lever197, thus preventing the m0 vement of thelever. 197

which swings the lever 220 (see Figs. 1 and 2). in consequence, the rod218 is not thrown into position to cause the operation of lever 20 whichmoves the shutter 19 into position to provide an open passageway downthe chute. Said shutter would thus be held in position to cause everycheck or coin dropped into the, chute to be returned to the would-bepurchaser. Suitable means for holding the guide 122 of the ticket webare provided as shown in Figs.,9 and 13 by the bracket 257 which issecured to the cross bar 117. Threaded in the bracket 257 are a pair ofscrews 259 which may be adjusted into position to clamp the guide 122.

Obviously various modifications in the construction and arrangement ofparts could be embodied in machines of this character without departingfrom the broad spirit of my invention .as disclosed on the drawings.

The operation of the machine in its entirety will now be readilyunderstood and briefly described is as follows: Let it be supposed thatan invalid coin or check has been deposited in the hopper. According tothe disclosure of my co-pending application, Serial Number 865192, itwill be eliminated. The correct coin on the other hand will eventuallybe deposited in one of the slots .60 in the wheel 59 and will protrudetherefrom to engage the shield 62 when it is depressed by the hand lever55, (see Fig. 2). Under these conditions one of the radial arms of thewheel '59'will be forced into engagement with the cam roller 71 carriedby the puller frame. As said frame descends, the rollers 87 carried bythe clamping arm 76 will be held by the tracks 89 until adjacent to thebottom of their movement when said rollers will be released and thrownoutwardly against the plates 90, the weight 69 serving to return thepuller frame to initial position. The downward movement of the framedetaches the lowermost ticket from the web, the web being, at the timefirmly held by the feed rollers 13%. During the return movement of thepuller frame, the puller arms are held apart by the tracks 89 while theradial arm 175 imparts a greater or less feed movement to the feed rolls134, depending on the position of the next lowermost ticket in the web.In order to permit this feeding movement, the cam 159 shown in Figs. 13and 14: has been displaced by the inward movement of the lever arm 164as described in the body of the specification, thus lifting the dog 15 1out of engagement with the ratchet 153. At the same time the rod 263(see Fig. 2)

which is connected to. lever 164, forces the pawl 261 into engagementwith the ratchet 260 against the pressure of spring 26-1, thuspreventing a reverse movement of the arm 175 during the ticket-feedingoperation. At

the end of the upward movement of the frame, said lever arm 16% is movedoutwardly to permit the dog. 154. to engage ratchet 153. This movementof lever arm16at retracts rod 263 and permits pawl 261'to releaseratchet 260. During the ascending movement of the puller frame the arm205 (see Fig. 7), has caused a depression of the yoke 199 (see Fig. 13)and moved the finger 201 along the lowermost ticket until it drops belowthe lower edge of said ticket when the feeding movement is begun in themanner already pointed out, the amount of feed'due to the feed, rollsdepending upon the position of the lowermost ticket. The position ofeach ticket prior to its detachment is thus accurately controlled duringthe successivel' i henever the ticket roll becomes exhausted, fingeroperations of the machine.

226 (see Fig. 13) moves to the right under the action of spring 229, theconseq ence being that lever arm 237 drops until the pin 239 engagesprojection 223 on the upper end of lever 197. This prevents theoperation of the mechanism which resets the gate or shutter controllingthe passageway in the chute. Hence said gate or shutter remainsinposition to return all checks or coins that are deposited in the machineafter it becomes empty.

I claim: 1. In a vending machine, the combination of means for feeding aweb, means for detaching a portion of said we, and means for controllingthe operation of said feeding means, said controlling means beingadapted to have its effect regulated by the position of of feedingmovement imparted to said shaft,

from one operation of the web-feeding means to the next.

4. In a vending machine, an oscillatory frame, clamping armsoscillatably mounted on said frame and under tension tending to 7separate them, means for feeding a web to said clamping arms, means forforcing said clamping arms together during their movement in onedirection and for releasing said arms, during their movement in theopposite direction, said means including an adjustable abutment carriedby each. of said clamping arms and tracks suitably disposed to engagesaid'a'butments.

5. In a vending machine, means for feeding articles, means for blockingthe feeding movements of said feeding means, .means for operating saidfeeding means periodically, and means for rendering said blocking meansinoperative during the periods of rest of said feeding means andrendering said feeding means operative again during the periods ofactivity of said feeding means.

6. In a vending machine, variable means for feeding articles, means forblocking the feeding movements of said feeding means, means foroperating said feeding means periodically, and means for rendering saidblocking means inoperative during the periods of rest of said feedingmeansand rendering said feedin means operative again during the periodsof activity of'said feeding means, said blocking means being providedwith means for timing its movement with respect to the movement of saidfeeding means.

7.111 a ven ling machine, an oscillatory frame. gripping armsoscillatably mounted on said frame, means for holding said arms ingripping relation to each other during a movement in one direction ofsaid frame, means for forcing said arms apart at the end of saidmovement, means for returning said frame to normal position, and meansfor feeding a web thereto from which portions are to besuccessivelydetached, said clamping arms being provided with meansyieldably tending to force them apartdurtheir movement in the otherdirection, rollers carried by said arms, and rigidly mounted trackmembers for confining said arms during said movement in one direction.

8. In a vending on said fra e, means for holding said arms in grippingrelation to each other dur ng a movement in one direction of said frame,means for forcing said arms apart at the end of said movement, means forreturning said frame to normal position, and means J: v J! ior feeding aweb thei etc iiom which portions are to be successively detached, saidclamping arms being provided with means yieldably tending to force themapart,

rollers carried bysaid arms, and rigidly mounted track members forconfining said arms during said movement in one direction, said rollersbeing cscillatably mounted and provided with yieldable means interposedbetween them and said clamping arms.

machine, an oscillator frame: g pping arms cscillatably mounted frame tonormal position, and means for feeding a web thereto from which portionsare tobe successively detached, rollers carried by said arms, andrigidly mounted track members for confining said arms dur ing saidmovement in one direction, said rollers being oscillatably mounted andprovided with yieldable means interposed between them and said clampingarms, and an ad ustable abutment carried by each of said,

clamping arms for limiting the outward movement of said rollersrelatively to said clamping arms.

10.111 a vending machine, means for feeding articles, means forpreventing the gage-finger for modifying the action of said web feedingmeans. 1

12. In a vending machine, means for storin a supply of tickets, meansfor retracting tickets from said storing meansincluding a pair of feedrolls, a ratchet keyed to one'of said feed rolls, a dog adapted toengage said ratchet to block the feeding movements of said rolls, meansformoving said feed rolls periodically, and means for moving saidfeeddog into engagement with said ratchet during the periods of rest ofsaid feed rolls and for removing said dog prior 7 to the operation ofsaid feed roll moving means.

18. In a vending machine, means for storioa ing a supply of tickets,means for retracting 1 tickets from said storing means including a pairof feed rolls, aratchet keyed to one of said feed rolls, a dog adaptedto engage said ratchet to block the feeding movements of said rolls,means for moving said feed rolls periodically, and means for moving saidfeed dog into engagement with said ratchet during the periods of rest ofsaid feed rolls and for removing said dog prior to the operation of saidfeed roll moving means, said dog being provided with a cam arm, and a,cam suitably timed with respect said dog-moving movements. 7

1%. In a vending machine, means for holding a supply of tickets, feedrolls for engagingsaid tickets, means for withdrawto said feed rollmoving means to impart ing tickets from said'feed rolls, a ratchetsecured to one of said feed rolls, a dog for said ratchet prov ded witha cam arm, acam for operating said cam arm, and means con.

trolled by the movement of said ticket withdrawing means for operatingsaid cam.

1-5. In a vending machine, means for holding a supply of tickets, feedrolls for engaging said tickets, means for withdrawing tickets from saidfeed rolls, a ratchet secured to one of said feed rolls, a dog for saidratchet provided with a cam arm, a cam for operating said cam arm, andmeans controlled by the movement of said ticket withdrawnw means foroperating said cam, said ticket withdraw ng means being adapted to pulla ticket at a'y from said feed rolls while at the same time imparting aswinging movement about an axis transverse to the ticket and to one sidethereof.

16 In a vending machine, means for holding a supply of tickets, feedrollsfor engaging said tickets, means for withdrawind tickets from saidfeed rolls, a ratchet se c ured to one of said feed rolls, a dog forsaid ratchet provided with a cam arm, a cam for operating said cam arm,and means controlled by the movement of said ticket withdrawing meansfor operating said cam, said withdrawing means including a puller frame,extending transversely of sald tickets, said frame being pivoted alongone edge to impart a tearing n1 vement, and means carried by said framefor gripping said tickets.

17. In a vending machine, means for holding a web from which portionsareto be dethched from time to time, feed rolls adapted to feed saidweb, a puller frame movable toward and away from said feed rolls, aratchet secured to one of said feed rolls, a dog for said ratchetprovided Witha cam arm, a cam for engaging said cam arm, releasable webgripping means carried by said puller frame, and means adapted to beoperated by said web gripping means for actuating said cam.

I 18. In a vending machine, means for holding a web from which portionsare to be detached from time to time, feed rolls adapted to feed saidweb, a power shaft geared to one of said. feed rolls, a ratchet keyed tosaid power shaft, a dog for locking said ratchet and power shaft, ticketpulling means including gripping aws movable toward and away from saidfeed rolls, and means operated by the movement of said gripping jaws formoving said dog into and out of engagement with said ratchet.

19. In a vending machine, means for holding a web from which portionsare to be detached from time to time, feed rolls adapted to feed saidweb, a power shaft geared to one of said feed rolls, a ratchet keyed tosaid power shaft, a dog for locking said ratchet and power shaft, ticketpulling means including gripping jaws movable toward and away from saidfeed rolls, means operated by the movement of said gripping jaws formoving said dog into and out of engagement with said ratchet, a ratchetsecured to one of said feed rolls, a dog therefor provided with a camarm, and a cam for engaging said cam arm adapted to be actuated by themovement of said gripping 3aws.

20.1n a vending machine, means forholding a web from which portions areto be detached from time to time, feed rolls for feeding said web, apower shaft geared to one of said feed rolls, a ratchet keyed to saidshaft, a dog for engaging said. ratchet, a ratchet secured. to one ofsaid feed rolls, a dog for the second mentioned ratchet, means fordetaching portions of said web, said means being movable toward and awayfrom said feed rolls, and means operated by said detaching means formoving said dogs.

21..In a vending machine, an oscillatory frame, gripping armsoscillatably mounted thereon, means for feeding a web of ticketsthereto, means for locking the movement of.

said feeding means and comprising a member suitably disposed to beengaged by said gripping arms ad aCent one end of their movement,suitable means for holding said gripping arms together during themovement in the opposite direction, said means being adapted to releasesaid arms'adjacent to the end of their movement, and means suitablydisposed to be engaged by one of said arms for releasing said. webfeeding means.

22. In a vending machine, an oscillatory mechanism adapted to deliverarticles to be vended, means for periodically operating said mechanismto oscillate it, means for returning said mechan sm to initial position,and means operated by said returning means for delivering the, articlesto said oscillatory .mechanism.

23. In a vending machine, an oscillatory mechanism adapted to deliverarticles to be engaged and displaced by one of said arms during ltsreturn movement, means for locking said feed rollers and means forconnecting said locking means to said movable member having an elementsuitably disposed to be engaged by said frame adjacent the end of itsreturn movementto lock said locking means, said locking means beingmoved into unlocked position. by the outward movement of said member.

